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Fall 2011 C J F W X P N V S N R V H O T U H F P Y L Q X S G P M K L T K B S N Q A L S T M M B G N O L B G FULBRIGHTS A P N S E S R R W Z B E CALDERON S D F P H N E I F V T H GLASS S G D Z W D C J G Y Z E COMMENCEMENT H J Z T L Z K E A H P N SAGEHENS L K W A D G P D M D T S N H C G H X Y Q L E Y S O J R T O N G U N D N Y H Z B V M C S V D K F T Pitzer College Board of Trustees Pitzer College Board of Trustees Pitzer president College Board of TrusteesHirschel B. Abelson P’92 President, Stralem & Company, Inc. Martin B. Adelstein P’14 21 Laps/Adelstein Productions Bridget Baker ’82 President, NBC Universal TV Networks Distribution A note from Pitzer College BoardRobert of Bookman P’07 Agent & Partner, Creative Artists Agency Donnaldson Brown ’82 Brooklyn, New York Harold A. Brown Partner, Gang, Tyre, Ramer & Brown, Inc. Trustees Pitzer CollegeWilliam G. Brunger , DM P’01 Principal, Brunger Consulting, LLC President Skandera Trombley S. Mohan Chandramohan La Cañada Flintridge, California Richard W. Cook P’13 The Cook Company Board of Trustees PitzerRichard D’Avino P’10 Vice President & Senior Tax Counsel, General Electric Company Dear Pitzer Community, Susan G. Dolgen P’97 Wood River Ventures Vicki Kates Gold P’15 Community Outreach Specialist, Jewish Family Service/Family Violence Project/Haven House As we begin the College’s 48th year, it is time to take stock of who we are and what our vision is for the future. Students come to Pitzer College Board of TrusteesGilbert V. Gonzales ’03 Senior Director, Office of Economic and Business Policy, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa College because of their identification with the ideals of the institution. There is a unique, bold, audacious and risky Pitzer identity of which Donald P. Gould President & Chief Investment Officer, Gould Asset Management LLC we are very proud and strive to communicate to all of our students, parents, trustees, friends and alumni. We are passionate about educating Susan E. Hollander ’79 Partner, K & L Gates LLP young people to find their voice and to intellectually challenge themselves so they may positively contribute to their community and their world Pitzer College BoardDeborah of Bach Kallick ’78 Vice President, Government & Industry Relations, Cedars-Sinai Health System in conjunction with our core values. Katherine Cone Keck Los Angeles, California Edward Kislinger P’07 & P’11 Santa Monica, California In this issue, we recognize the excellence of our students and welcome the Class of 2015. In addition, we feature one of our most respected Trustees Pitzer CollegeRobin M. Kramer ’75 Chair of the Board; Senior Advisor, The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands faculty members, Lako Tongun, associate professor of international and intercultural studies and political science, who shares with us his own John Landgraf ’84 President & General Manager, FX Networks Julie Mazer ’80 & P’09 & P’15 Owner/Instructor, The Home Stretch Studio role in the history of his country of South Sudan and the extraordinary changes that took place there this summer. Board of Trustees PitzerJoyce Ostin P’13 Los Angeles, California Arnold Palmer Senior Vice President, SMH Capital This past year, the College recognized and thanked two long-time faculty members who had an indelible impact upon the College. After Shana Passman P’04 & P’08 Beverly Hills, California 20 years, José Calderón retired as professor of sociology at his exuberant and moving retirement gathering. Professor Calderón has given College Board of TrusteesAnn E. Pitzer La Jolla, California his intellectual life to create a sense of purpose within an institution of higher learning and his surrounding community. His life and career Russell M. Pitzer, PhD Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Chemistry, The Ohio State University exemplifies one of service, thought and commitment. We are better as a College, as a faculty, as a people because of Professor Calderón’s Pitzer College BoardPaula of B. Pretlow P’08 & P’13 San Francisco, CA work. In his honor we have named two seats in the Benson Auditorium after him and his wife, Rose. Susan S. Pritzker P’93 Chicago, Illinois Alissa Okuneff Roston ’78 & P’06 Beverly Hills, California We also bid farewell to Steve Glass who, after four decades and seven years, decided that the time had come for him to retire. Professor Glass Steven R. Scheyer ’80 & P’10 Chief Executive Officer, Optimer Brands Trustees Pitzer College was one of the original 11 tenure track faculty to be hired upon Pitzer’s founding in 1963 and he is the last of the original 11 to retire from Margot Levin Schiff P’90 & P’95 Chicago, Illinois teaching. He was the convenor of Pitzer’s first College Council and instrumental in the formation of our governance system. He is, as I’m sure William D. Sheinberg ’83 & P’12 Partner, The Bubble Factory many of you know, a professor of classics and classical archeology. In his last five-year self-review titled “Reflections of Memories,” he wrote Board of Trustees PitzerShahan Soghikian ’80 Managing Director, Panorama Capital Lisa Specht Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips this moving passage that I would like to share with you: “My colleagues are young and younger and in the vitality of their youth, occasionally Eugene P. Stein Vice Chairman, Capital Strategy Research, Inc. come to me seeking what they evidently regard as calm and hoary advice to temper their passions. All of which amuses me greatly College Board of TrusteesLaura Skandera Trombley, PhD President, Pitzer College remembering my own fiery sanctimonies in the epic times of Charlie Woo CEO, Megatoys Pitzer’s beginnings. The trees on campus are full and tall now and but for the two which came with Pitzer’s original blast of landscape, CALDERON Pitzer College Board of I’ve seen them all as seedlings. My grandchildren now rumple the COMMENCEMENT Pitzer College thanks members of the Board of Trustees for their service. greenery which covers the earth and rocks in and on which my Trustees Pitzer College children sported at the same age.” FULBRIGHTS Emeriti Trustees These two faculty members epitomize Pitzer’s unique personality GLASS and standing and our commitment to our students. TONGUN Board of Trustees PitzerRobert H. Atwell Former President, Pitzer College Constance Austin P’78 Los Angeles, California SAGEHENS Eli Broad P’78 The Broad Foundations It has been my honor and pleasure to be president of Pitzer and I College Board of TrusteesHarvey J. Fields, PhD P’85 Rabbi Emeritus, Wilshire Boulevard Temple look forward to the tenth year of my presidency. Patricia G. Hecker P’76 St. Louis, Missouri Marilyn Chapin Massey, PhD Former President, Pitzer College Provida Futuri, Pitzer College BoardMurray of Pepper, PhD President, Home Silk Properties, Inc. Edith L. Piness, PhD Director & Secretary to the Board, San Francisco Museum & Historical Society Laura Skandera Trombley Richard J. Riordan Former Mayor, City of Los Angeles President Trustees Pitzer CollegeDeborah Deutsch Smith, PhD ’68 Professor of Special Education & Director, IRIS-West, Claremont Graduate University Board of Trustees Pitzer 2 · The Participant Fall 2011 · 1 College Board of Trustees Pitzer College Board of Fall 2011 President Laura Skandera Trombley Editor Anna Chang Calendar of Events Designer Gabriela Contreras table of contents October 2010 Writers Fall 2011 27 Sustainable Entrepreneur, Portland OR Michele Botwin Raphael ’92 Photographers 1 A Note From President Skandera Trombley November 2010 Laurie Babcock 10 Men of Excellence, Pasadena, CA Jason Blagman ’12 Gabriela Contreras 4 Celebrating the Class of 2011 12 Hall of Fame Dinner, Pitzer College Joseph Dickson 12 Reggae Festival, Pitzer College Mona Ducrocq Stephanie Estrada 7 Welcome Class of 2015 24-25 Thanksgiving Break Cody Klock ’12 December 2010 © 2011 Pitzer College 8 Continued Excellence in Fulbright Fellowships 3 TreePeople Sustainable Design, Los Angeles, CA 1050 North Mills Avenue 12-16 Final Exams, Pitzer College Claremont, CA 91711-6101 12 Pitzer Students Take National Awards 17 Residence Halls close at noon for Winter Break www.pitzer.edu The diverse opinions expressed in 14 Changemaker Making History: January 2012 The Participant are those of the individual Lako Tongun 14 17 Spring Semester Classes Begin profilees and do not necessarily represent the views of the editors or the College administration. The Participant welcomes 16 What’s New at Pitzer? February 2012 comments from its readers. Updates & Events 9 Pitzer Mixer & Networking Event, Pitzer College Pitzer College is a nationally top-ranked 17-20 Family Weekend, Pitzer College undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences. A member of The Claremont 22 Class Notes Colleges, Pitzer offers a distinctive approach to March 2012 a liberal arts education by linking intellectual 16 12-16 Spring Break inquiry with interdisciplinary studies, 26 New Faculty Profiles cultural immersion, social responsibility and community involvement. April 2012 28 Faculty Publications 5 Women of Vision, San Francisco, CA 17 Women of Vision, Los Angeles, CA 32 Recognizing Retiring Faculty Members 27-28 Kohoutek, Pitzer College José Zapata Calderón 27-29 Alumni Reunion Weekend, Pitzer College The Participant is made from recycled paper using vegetable-based inks. Pitzer College encourages the use of 34 Recognizing Retiring Faculty Members 32 May 2012 recyclable and renewable materials. Stephen L. Glass 4 Senior Class Gift Campaign Celebration, Pitzer College 8 Faculty & Staff Gift Celebration, Pitzer College 7-11 Final Exams, Pitzer College 12 Commencement, Pitzer College 34 2 · The Participant Fall 2011 · 3 feature feature he 47th Pitzer College TCommencement Ceremony was held on Saturday, May 14, on the newly named Stephen L.